Anglesea Power Station

The  Anglesea Power Station is owned by Alcoa of Australia and is located near Anglesea, approximately 95 kilometres south-west of Melbourne. Coal for the power station is supplied from the Anglesea mine, which produces approximately 1 million tonnes of coal a year. The mine is also owned by Alcoa.

The 150 megawatt power station is located near Anglesea and in 2009 it was estimated to have emitted 1.317 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2e.) The power station produces approximately 40% of the power required by Alcoa's Point Henry aluminium smelter near Geelong.

A review of the Victorian power grid in 2003 stated that the power station has an average sent out thermal efficiency of approximately 27.7%.

National Pollutant Inventory Data
The Australian's Government's National Pollutant Inventory lists emissions from the Anglesea power station for 2008/2009 as being:

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